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chase

1. Brit an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted

2. Brit the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others

3. the chase the act or sport of hunting

4. short for steeplechase

5. Real Tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again

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chase [chās]

(building construction)

A vertical passage for ducts, pipes, or wires in a building.

(design engineering)

A series of cuts, each having a path that follows the path of the cut before it; an example is a screw thread.

(engineering)

The main body of the mold which contains the molding cavity or cavities.

The enclosure used to shrink-fit parts of a mold cavity in place to prevent spreading or distortion, or to enclose an assembly of two or more parts of a split-cavity block.

To straighten and clean threads on screws or pipes.

(graphic arts)

A rectangular metal frame in which type and plates are locked for letterpress printing.

(ordnance)

The exposed part of a gun (artillery) in front on the trunnion band or cradle.

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chase

1. A continuous recess built into a wall to receive pipes, ducts, etc.; a wall chase.

2. A groove cut in a masonry wall to receive a pipe, conduit, etc.

3. To decorate metalwork by tooling on the exterior surface.